Bipolar disorder is a serious long-term mental illness that can significantly impact all aspects of a person's life. It is characterised by episodes of depression (severe low mood) and mania (extremely high and euphoric mood) affecting a person's emotions, thinking and behaviours.
Hanna is a PhD candidate in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, focusing on understanding lifestyle correlates of cognitive function in bipolar disorder. She earned a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Neuroscience from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 2021, where she received the Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship with high distinction in 2018 and a Summer Research Scholarship in 2020.
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